A mild refresh gives off truck-like vibes, but it’s really a sporty crossover with a bed. It took me five minutes to decide that the Santa Cruz wasn’t a pickup truck. Yes, there’s a four-foot bed in ...

This is my second Hyundai Santa Cruz, and my positive experience with the platform led me to trade in my 2023 Santa Cruz for a 2026 Santa Cruz Limited in September 2025. The vehicle continues to ...

There’s a lot that is suboptimal about today’s new car market. One of the few advantages, though, is that at least buyers have the luxury of being able to choose the degree of truck that they want.

Introduction - Find the best Hyundai Santa Cruz deals! Decades ago, I was an avid mountain biker, riding the trails of South Mountain Park near Phoenix on any day the temperatures were in the double ...

Hyundai launched the Santa Cruz compact pickup for 2022, but a new report says the truck’s first generation will also be its last.

The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz has a rugged-looking new XRT trim package. AWD is standard for the Santa Cruz pickup and its 48.4-inch long bed. I'm sharing my impressions of vehicles after living with ...

Small pickups like the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz are aimed at folks who want something fresh and fun over ultimate utility. The tiny bed and unibody architecture mean this is not a traditional truck ...

The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz blurs the line between SUV and pickup, leaning into its identity as a compact crossover with a truck bed—a combination that delivers “business up front, party in the back” ...

The once full compact truck space that was filled with budget-friendly small trucks that would handle the arduous task of hauling mulch from your local home store or moving a Go-Kart has disappeared.

Both the Hyundai Santa Cruz and Ford Maverick catch heat from “real truck” purists. To those folks, these compact pickups are just crossovers in disguise—unibody vehicles playing dress-up in the world ...